I have a new crush - on a store called Little Shop of.Almost makes me homesick for Melbourne actually!After a very intense week (more about that next blog!) it was a most welcome distraction to receive a surprise gift - sent just because I follow these very lovely folk on Twitter!!http://twitter.com/littleshopof

Friday, September 18, 2009

So.....for a while now "make softy owls & assorted creatures" has been on my never-ending To Do List.........I cannot express my absolute delight at being able to cross it off The List without actually having done it myself!!One of our very lovely newer Customers came in at exactly the right moment with a Hand Crafted Owl under her arm & Bob's your uncle!She had to leave the sample as I wouldn't stop hugging him long enough for her to grab him back!

He sold before I thought to take a mugshot of him. But these 4 lovely owls arrived this very morning!

Sean & I share a passion for all things stationery related & I cannot wait to get my hands on a set of three!!!

But which ones to choose???

The USD price is USD$9.95 so we're both pretty stoked that we can keep the AUS Dollar RRP down to AUD$15 after calculating in the UPS freight charges etc - geez USA Postal Services Prices are steep! Makes you appreciate AUSTPOST I assure you!!!

Sunday, September 13, 2009

oh my GOODNESS!!oh my GOODNESS!!oh my GOODNESS!!We are very fortunate to be able to offer a limited range of goodies from our FAVOURITE artists!

We have a couple of these limited run boxsets of

Mark Ryden Tree Show postcards!

We are planning on framing ours!!

One of our biggest regrets is that we didn't spend that one month's rent on a Ryden painting all those years ago in Melbourne!

Obviously our priorities were mangled! It would now be worth at least SIX months of that rent now!

(We are talking big rent too! We were living in posh apartment in Flinders Lane at the time!!)

NOTE:If we had made the right decision & made that purchase we would NEVER sell it regardless of our financial situation

I assure you!

We also managed to nab some stationery sets designed by the wonderful & inspirational Roman Dirge!

He is the acclaimed creator of Lenore - my favourite little girl!

Due to rather extravagant (& unexpected) Postal Delivery Charges from UPS these are a tad more expensive than I'd anticipated but they were put in to stock yesterday & are already selling very quickly so obviously you guys don't mind!

Thursday, September 10, 2009

I finally hung the anorak calico bags on the wall behind the counter in an accessible manner (previously they were all hung on top of one another on an old hat stand - a completely impossible "system" that drove me crazy!!)

Whenever you buy a Tee from the adults' range you receive a complementary handprinted matching calico bag.

anorak Tees are designed & printed by my Sean Prawn & are exclusively available through Blackbird Corner.

OMG I almost forgot (in the excitement!) she makes spectacular, awesome, beautiful dresses!

Peta sums it up perfectly on her site: "Drawing inspiration from vintage patterns, Australian 50s housewives, pin-up glamour, rock n’roll and tattoo culture, Melbourne designer and dressmaker Peta Pledger creates one-off and small run garments and accessories.Using quality fabrics, Peta’s specialty is made-to-measure figure-flattering garments, which she designs to be equally suitable for rockabilly gigs, weddings or garden parties."

...pretty please do not intentionally use or "borrow" any of our designs/images/ideas/thoughts/concepts/etc/etc without express permission. There are more than enough ideas in the universe without using those that other people have had & acted upon first. If you see something on this page that you think looks like we "borrowed" from elsewhere - please let us know upfront so that this can be addressed immediately as it certainly will not have been done on purpose. Our ideas are simple but even simple ideas can be stolen. Thanks a million!